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Dr Hafiz A Pasha

Opinion

Outlook for BoP

The month of June 2021 has seen a big deterioration in the current account (V/A) of the balance of payments (BoP). A...

Published 27 Jul, 2021 04:40am

Opinion

Growth in federal tax revenues

Federal tax revenues consist primarily of FBR revenues. In addition, they include other taxes like the gas...

Published 20 Jul, 2021 04:14am

Opinion

Mixed economic trends

The economy is in a state of flux and on the path of recovery after the Covid-19 attacks. This has led to some...

Published 13 Jul, 2021 03:22am

Opinion

Dip in the rate of inflation

The year 2020-21 has been an eventful year. The first attack of Covid-19 ebbed by early July 2020 but was followed ...

Published 06 Jul, 2021 03:48am

Opinion

Tackling poverty

One of the key questions today is what has happened to the incidence of poverty in 2020-21, a year which is new...

Published 29 Jun, 2021 03:24am

Opinion

A fragile federal budget — II

We now carry out an appraisal of the measures in the budget, starting with the enumeration of the key initiatives...

Published 24 Jun, 2021 03:36am

Opinion

A fragile federal budget — I

The Budget for 2021-22 has been presented and awaits parliamentary approval. This article is in two parts and...

Published 22 Jun, 2021 04:46am

Opinion

PES: surprises and inconsistencies

There are some very surprising and sometimes even conflicting estimates and gaps in the recently- released Pakistan...

Published 15 Jun, 2021 03:30am

Opinion

Economic targets for 2021-22

The Annual Plan Coordination Com-mittee has set the target for GDP growth of 4.8 percent for 2021-22 and the rate of...

Published 08 Jun, 2021 04:09am

Opinion

Factors impacting on FY22 budgets

There is a need to identify some of the factors which are likely to impact on the key budgetary magnitudes of the...

Published 01 Jun, 2021 04:59am

Opinion

GDP growth rate in 2019-20: The impact of Covid-19

The recent announcement by the National Accounts Committee of the growth rates of GDP for the year 2020/21 of just...

Published 31 May, 2021 03:12am

Opinion

Budgetary targets for 2021-22

The Federal budget for 2021-22 is currently under preparations. The date for presentation to the National assembly...

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

Opinion

State of provincial finances

The four provincial governments combined play an important role in the public finances of the country. They account...

Published 18 May, 2021 05:05am

Opinion

Budget strategy paper for FY2021-22

The Federal Budget for 2021-22 is likely to be presented on the 11th of June 2021. The Ministry of Finance must be...

Published 11 May, 2021 04:39am

Opinion

Medium-term budgetary strategy

The Medium-term Budgetary Strategy paper (MTBS) has been released recently by the Federal Ministry of Finance...

Published 04 May, 2021 04:26am

Opinion

Outlook for the BoP

The balance of payments (BoP) numbers for the first three quarters of 2020-21 have just been released by the SBP. By...

Published 27 Apr, 2021 03:02am

Opinion

Budgetary framework in IMF programme

The IMF Programme which remained suspended for almost one year has become operational once again. Effectively the...

Published 20 Apr, 2021 04:00am

Opinion

Questionable IMF projections

The Staff Report of the IMF on the second to fifth reviews under the Extended Fund facility to Pakistan has just ...

Published 13 Apr, 2021 04:31am

Opinion

Outlook for inflation

The rate of inflation has risen sharply in the last two months. It had come down to 5.7 percent in January 2021....

Published 06 Apr, 2021 04:23am

Opinion

Some negative economic trends

There is growing perception that the economy has turned the corner and that the growth rate is picking up while the...

Published 30 Mar, 2021 05:45am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Pak Modaraba / Jul 27 First Pak Modaraba(PAKMI)	4.29 ▲ 0.89 (26.18%)
Ist Paramount / Jul 27 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	6.84 ▲ 1.00 (17.12%)
KASB Mod. / Jul 27 KASB Modaraba(KASBM)	3.30 ▲ 0.37 (12.63%)
Ghazi Fab. / Jul 27 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	11.60 ▲ 1.00 (9.43%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Jul 27 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	12.75 ▲ 1.00 (8.51%)
J.A.Textile / Jul 27 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	13.88 ▲ 1.00 (7.76%)
Kohinoor Power / Jul 27 Kohinoor Power Company Limited(KOHP)	6.14 ▲ 0.43 (7.53%)
Gatron Ind. / Jul 27 Gatron (Industries) Limited(GATI)	527.50 ▲ 36.80 (7.50%)
Masood Tex. / Jul 27 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	57.62 ▲ 4.02 (7.50%)
Sapphire Fib. / Jul 27 Sapphire Fibres Limited(SFL)	860.00 ▲ 60.00 (7.50%)

Stock	Price
Pak. P.V.C. / Jul 27 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	4.91 ▲ -0.89 (-15.34%)
Pak Gulf Leas. / Jul 27 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	6.50 ▲ -0.50 (-7.14%)
Tandlianwala / Jul 27 Tandlianwala Sugar Mills Limited(TSML)	143.30 ▲ -10.77 (-6.99%)
Tri-Star / Jul 27 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	6.06 ▲ -0.44 (-6.77%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 27 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.51 ▲ -3.49 (-6.12%)
Mian Textile / Jul 27 Mian Textile Industries Limited(MTIL)	26.21 ▲ -1.29 (-4.69%)
Cres.Steel / Jul 27 Crescent Steel & Allied Products Limited(CSAP)	85.00 ▲ -3.89 (-4.38%)
Nimir Resins / Jul 27 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	19.60 ▲ -0.89 (-4.34%)
Janana D Mal / Jul 27 Janana De Malucho Textile Mills Limited(JDMT)	88.10 ▲ -3.90 (-4.24%)
Security Bank / Jul 27 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.00 ▲ -0.28 (-3.85%)

Stock	Volume
Worldcall / Jul 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	15,963,000 ▼ 0.00
Gul Ahmed / Jul 27 Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited(GATM)	7,594,000 ▼ 0.00
Byco Petroleum / Jul 27 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	7,160,500 ▼ 0.00
Citi Pharma / Jul 27 Citi Pharma Limited(CPHL)	5,337,000 ▼ 0.00
Al Shaheer Corp. / Jul 27 Al Shaheer Corporation Limited(ASC)	4,741,500 ▼ 0.00
Telecard Ltd. / Jul 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	4,577,500 ▼ 0.00
TPL Properties / Jul 27 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	4,306,500 ▼ 0.00
Panther Tyres / Jul 27 Panther Tyres Limited(PTL)	3,508,000 ▼ 0.00
Nishat (Ch) / Jul 27 Nishat Chunian Limited(NCL)	3,412,500 ▼ 0.00
Image Pakistan / Jul 27 Image Pakistan Limited(IMAGE)	2,582,000 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 26	160.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 26	160.30
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 26	110.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 26	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 26	1.38
Euro to USD / Jul 26	1.18
UK LIBOR % / Jul 26	0.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 26	4422.30
India Sensex / Jul 26	52852.27
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 26	27833.29
Nasdaq / Jul 26	14840.71
Hang Seng / Jul 26	26192.32
FTSE 100 / Jul 26	7025.43
Dow Jones / Jul 26	35144.31
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 26	15618.98
France CAC40 / Jul 26	6568.60

Item	Value
Crude Oil / Jul 26	72.16
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / Jul 26	12880.00
Gold 10 Grams / Jul 26	94050.00
Gold Spot / Jul 26	1797.85
Cotton / Jul 26	89.60

Dr Hafiz A Pasha

Outlook for BoP

Growth in federal tax revenues

Mixed economic trends

Dip in the rate of inflation

Tackling poverty

A fragile federal budget — II

A fragile federal budget — I

PES: surprises and inconsistencies

Economic targets for 2021-22

Factors impacting on FY22 budgets

GDP growth rate in 2019-20: The impact of Covid-19

Budgetary targets for 2021-22

State of provincial finances

Budget strategy paper for FY2021-22

Medium-term budgetary strategy

Outlook for the BoP

Budgetary framework in IMF programme

Questionable IMF projections

Outlook for inflation

Some negative economic trends

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